A PALE CELADON 'HU' VASE, Guangxu (1875-1908) of flattened pear shape, with re-entrant corners and two angular tubular handles to the neck, the body moulded to each side with peach-shaped panels, six character reign mark to base 30.1cm highProvenance: Sheppard's, Carlow Collection, March 2nd, 2010 a collection assembled in Philadelphia during the 1940sby two sisters who later returned with it to Ireland. Items from this collection first started appearing on the open marketin 2010. The collection was diverse, but all of it had merit, and amongst it were several imperial porcelains